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Ear Hustle
Film · documentary
Directed by Erika Cohn
Bay Area visual artist Nigel Poor, and San Quentin inmates Earlonne Woods and Antwan Williams travel to prisons around the world, bringing ‘Ear Hustle’ back inside while navigating how far the project has traveled from where it began. Through their journey, the film explores how ‘Ear Hustle’ — named one of the 100 best podcasts of all time by IME — has changed the way stories about incarceration are told and how its extraordinary evolution has transformed the lives of the people who created it.
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Dang, really enjoying reading all these great recommendations; my podcast load is going to be growing (again)!
My personal faves out of my 100+ subs are below. All should be available through a typical podcatcher app. Tried to mark some as NSFW but probably missed some. Some of these are extremely well-known but the question didn't specify "hidden gems".
Part-Time Genius - General interesting stuff
James O'Brien's Mystery Hour - BBC radio program. People call in with questions and answers to (generally) interesting questions.
Stuff You Should Know - Interesting general topics
Irish and Celtic Music Podcast - Best celtic music podcast around IMO
Behind the Bastards - Profiles of evil or otherwise undesirable people/entities in history (NSFW)
Crazy Genius - Interesting topics, sponsored by The Atlantic
In Our Time - BBC 4 science show (very high quality IMO)
Business Wars - Multi-part series regarding company vs. company stories (Blockbuster vs. Netflix and Nintendo vs. Sega are my faves)
Something You Should Know - General info, tends toward self-help and lifehacks
Curiosity Podcast - Curiosity is one of my favorite apps (interesting topics every day) and these are short episodes
Freakonomics Radio - From the same author of Freakonomics
The Changelog - Tech stuff; recent episodes include "Segment’s transition back to a monorepo" and "Istio service mesh and microservices"
Ear Hustle - Interviews with death row inmates; oddly fascinating (NSFW)
Linux Unplugged - Linux stuff
Lexicon Valley - Interesting stories about language
We Hate Movies - Riffing on bad movies; I especially like it when they blast movies I actually like (NSFW)
Skeptoid - Stories for skeptics (of general antiscience etc)
More or Less: Behind the Statistics - BBC4 radio podcast, insight behind hard data
Linux Action Show - Linux stuff
Internet History Podcast - Really more of a 'tech history' podcast; recent eps include "History of Google", "The Epic Fall of Digg", and interviews with folks like CmdrTaco (Slashdot)
Oh No Ross and Carrie - One of my absolute favorites. They investigate pseudoscience and other stuff from the inside out. My absolute favorite series by them is their 9-parter on Scientology. If you're a Scientologist, ignore this recommendation.
Skeptic's Guide to the Universe - Pushing back on the pseudoscience
This Week in Enterprise Tech - Tech podcast; recent eps include "Bullying Black Hat" and "Unikernels and the Death of the Security Patch"
StarTalk - Neil Degrasse Tyson (usually) and occasionally Bill Nye
Mysterious Universe - OK, I generally consider myself mostly rational but can't deny I enjoy listening to "out there" stuff. This is one of the "out there" podcasts with two Australians
How Did This Get Made? - Funny podcast about bad movies (NSFW)
Thirty Twenty Ten - These guys provide a "this day in history" from 30/20/10 years ago. Typically covers pop culture, video games, etc.
Science Vs. - Another very well done science podcast FLOSS Weekly - Free and open source topics
DogCast Radio - Dog stuff
The Curious Case of Rutherford and Fry - ANOTHER well-done science podcast from BBC Radio
Foot Stompin Free Scottish Music - Free Scottish music. If it's not Scottish, it's crap!
Late Night Last Week - Condenses all of the late night comedians. Host is kind of preachy and annoying, come for the content though (NSFW)
Dan Carlin's Hardcore History - Best history podcast on the planet
Seincast - Going through every Seinfeld episode; they've concluded their run now. Breaks down the minutia and trivia from each episode, each scene.
The Weirdest Thing I learned this Week
Disgraceland - Pods about wild musicians
Hello From The Magic Tavern - Guy falls through a dimensional portal in a Burger King to the magical land of Foon. Radio-play style, I find this hilarious and well done.
Artificial Intelligence - Recent interviews with Christof Koch, Ray Kurzeil
Eddie Trunk Podcast - Interviews rock/metal musicians
Awkward Human Survival Guide - NSFW, adult topics
NPR Shows, BBC Shows